Sunday, December 30, 2007

-Dilophosaurus was a theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Period-the name is (pronounced /daɪˌlɒfəˈsɔrəs/ ("dy-LOH-fo-sawr-us") meaning 'two-crested lizard', because it had two crests (Greek di meaning 'two', lophos meaning 'crest' and sauros meaning 'lizard')-the first specimens were described in 1954, but it was not until a decade later that the genus received its current name- Dilophosaurus have appeared several times in popular culture, most prominently as the creature that eats Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park-the creatures have also appeared in novels such as Carnosaur and numerous video games; the interpretations of Dilophosaurus in these adaptations are usually erroneous